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UNITED srArlis PATENT onirica.

JOHN W. BOSCHE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO IRVING F.ORAGIN, OF BUFFALO, NEV YORK.

FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application led September 25, 1906. Serial No. 336,116.

To mit whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. Bosorrn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fastening Devices, ofwhich the following is .a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

My invention relates to a fastening device for detachably securing twomeeting ends together, and has for its object the provision of a simplemeans by which the parts may be readily connected and disconnected andwhen so connected are locked together firmly and securely againstaccidental displacementv or separation.

My invention contemplates a fastening device made in two parts, one ofwhich is provided with a flattened or laterally-extending head or hookadapted to be inserted in a slot or eye in a second attened member andto be locked between two opposing parts of said second member.

My invention also further consists in certain novel details ofconstruction of the eye member, which will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

My invention may be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the twomembers locked together. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail viewof the eye member. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the hook member, and Fig.6 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view showing the wire of onel memberlocked between the resilient ribs on the other.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts wherever they are used.

The head or hook member A consists of a single integral piece-comprisinga shank 1, provided at one end with a loop or head 2 and at the otherend with a part, of any suitable construction, for connecting it to thegarment or other object to which it is to be at tached, said part beingshown in the drawings as consisting of the ordinary threadeyes 3 3. Ipreferably make this member from a piece of wire with the middle portionbent to form the head or loop 2, the two ends being brought together inparallel relation to form the shank 1 and turned in opposite directionsat their eXtreme ends to form the thread-eyes 3.

The eye or head-receiving member B consists of a single integral pieceprovided with an elongated slot or eye 4, of a length to permit theinsertion therethrough of the head 2 of the member A when said membersare held in a tilting relation to each other. The member B consists,therefore, of a shank 5, the eyeeloop 6, and the usual attaching means,such as the thread-eyes illustrated.

rl`he member B is provided on its upper surface with opposing springclips or ribs 7 9, there being an opposing pair correspondingly locatedon opposite sides of the eye 4. Said ribs are formed by bending the wireup and then back down on itself. l form the top or head of the ribslightly rounded, the top or head thereby slightly overhanging theshank, so that there is formed between each pair of ribs orspring-clips, in effect, an undercut groove having a slightly restrictedmouth.

yOwing to the resiliency of the wire of which said ribs are formed, thewire forming the front end of the loop 2 can be readily snapped intosaid groove and will be embraced by the clips with sufficient strengthto securely lock it in place against accidental displacement, and yet itmay be readily unfastened when desired.

The front portion 8 of the loop 6 is preferably bent upward suflicientlyto form an inverted-U-shaped arch or channel for receiving the shank 1of the hook member A. The elevation 8 thus permits the pull upon themembers to be substantially in alinement. The head 2 is held securelybetween the rib 7 and the elevation 8, and, as before stated, additionalsecurity is also obtained by the positive engagement of the wire at thefront of the loop 2 between the spring clips or ribs 7 9.

rlhe eye member B is preferably formed of a single piece of wire bent inits middle portion to form the loop 6, having the eye 4 and its endsbrought together to form the shank 5. The ribs 7 and 9 can be formed bycrimping or otherwise bending the wire, as indicated in Fig. 2.

To connect the members A and B, the member A may be turned to lie in aplane substantially at right angles to the plane of the member B. It canthen be readily in- IOO sertedthroughrtheeye el.l It is then turnedintoposition and'drawn forward untilthe.,

.A ordinary hook .and eye for. fastening. garments in position. 1. Inthis form the fasteners possess the added advantage that owing u tothe.iiatness of their,parts `they are not belts, Suspenders,`horse-blankets, gar-mentsy to any particular use' oruses of the same,since it can obviously bensedvfor avariety oit',

within which groovefthe'jwire ofsaid .head or Y liable to be crushedinthe'process of ironing wire bent to form a loop having an elongated-eye `through whichisaidfhead is adapted to be inserted, a pair ofopposing-resilient ribs the garment tofwhich they are attached.

, Whilev the fastener of my invention is particularly adapted for-use inconnection with of all kinds, &c., I do not Wish to limit myselfdiflerent purposes.

Y Havingldescribed my invention, Ifclaim-il l. Ina fastening device,4thecombinationl Y with a .hook member made ofy wire `bent to form `a shankand a loop or head, of an eye.

member made oiiwire bent to form a loop having an elongated eye throughwhich said head is adapted to beinserted, and opposing,spring-,ribsiormmg -betweenthem a groove having a restricted mouth*`within which 35 ..1 :when said parts are in their fastenedl relation.

groovethe Wire ofsaidhead or loopis looked 2. In afasteningdevice-,ethecombination y:with ahookmembermade oi. a single piece of wire bent toform a shank and a loop or head, of an eye` member made oli-a single)piece of wire bent to vform a loop having an elongated eye throughwhich said head is adapted to be inserted, and a pair of opposingresilient Iribs on each half of the eye member, said ribs havingoverhanging heads and each pair forming i between them a groove with arestricted mouth within which the wire of said head or loop is adaptedto be snapped and held securely locked.

3.y In a fastening device, :thecombination k` with ahookmember made ofasinglerpiece of wire bent to forma shankand a loop or head, of an eyemember made' of`asingle=piece of on the/upperfsurface ofeach half of theeye member, said ribsV having .overhanging `heads .and each pair formingbetween thema groove with a-restricted mouth-opening upward,

loop is adaptedV toV be snapped and .held securely locked, .and an archatrthe front end of the loop, forming a channel for' receiving the shankofthe hookV member'. t

I In witness fwhereof I hereunto *subscribe my name lthis `17thdayOf-September, A, D.

, .-JoHN w: BosoHE.

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LEVANT D. LERBER, l.Jonliv S. Hannan.:

